medical model – A New Vision for Mental Health

It has a huge and powerful lobby which turns with fury on its critics so I know this question will get me into loads of trouble but… does ADHD even exist?

Author: Editorial 19th May 2023 0 Comments

This article by Peter Hitchens has been published by the Daily Mail. It begins: “Does ADHD in fact exist? This week the BBC ’s Panorama programme quite rightly exposed some very worrying private clinics. In online consultations, staff had diagnosed a BBC reporter with ADHD — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder —…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Daily Mail, diagnostic labelling, medical model, Peter Hitchens, psychiatry, ritalin

Psychiatrogenesis (Whither Psychiatry or Reform)

Author: Editorial 5th May 2023 0 Comments

This article by T.N. Tampiyappa has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Having worked in multiple public services in the UK and Australia over the last 27 years, the constant personal struggle has been, ‘Am I doing more harm…
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diagnostic labelling, iatrogenesis, Mad in America, medical model, nocebo, Psychiatrogenesis, psychiatry, T.N. Tampiyappa

It’s Time for Psychology to Lead, Not Follow: Psychotherapy is not a medical treatment

Author: Editorial 28th April 2023 0 Comments

“Aping pharmaceutical research methods does not elevate psychology. We should stop misleading the public to believe that emotional suffering is like medical disease, or that different kinds of psychotherapy are like different medications. These assumptions are false at every level….
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American Psychological Association, Jonathan Shedler, medical model, psychology, Psychology Today, supervenience

After skool: Mark Horowitz – common misconceptions about depression & antidepressants

Author: Editorial 30th March 2023 0 Comments

Dr. Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist and Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. He has a doctorate in the neurobiology of depression and the action of antidepressants from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s…
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antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, depression, Mark Horowitz, medical model, neuroscience, psychiatry, videos

I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health

Author: Editorial 7th September 2022 0 Comments

“Society’s understanding of mental health issues locates the problem inside the person – and ignores the politics of their distress” This opinion piece by Sanah Ahsan has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “We are living, we’re told, through a ‘mental health crisis’ ….
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Culture & Society, medical model, mental health, Sanah Ahsan, The Guardian

Psychiatry & Its Discontents

Author: Editorial 11th August 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Prof. Andrew Scull. The publishers say: “Written by one of the world’s most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Discontents provides a wide-ranging and critical perspective on the profession that dominates the treatment of mental illness. Andrew Scull…
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Andrew Scull, community care, history of psychiatry, medical model, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychopharmacology

Remembering a Quarter of a Million “Mental Patients” Murdered in the 1930s and 1940s

Author: Editorial 29th July 2022 0 Comments

This article by Dr. John Read has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “In 1941, the staff of the Hadamar Psychiatric Institution—psychiatrists, nurses and secretaries—attended a ceremony and were each given a bottle of beer. The occasion was the murder of…
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chemical imbalance theory, Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Genetics, holocaust, Jeffrey Masson, John Read, medical model, psychiatry, Psychology Today, schizophrenia

Head First: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of Mind and Body

Author: Editorial 4th July 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Alistair Santhouse. The publishers say: “What does it mean to be well? Is it something in our body? Or, is it rather something subjective – something of the mind? In this profound collection of…
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Alistair Santhouse, books, Clients & Patients, emotions, medical model, psychiatry, state of mind, subjectivity

It’s Time for Us to Stop Being So Defensive About Criticisms of Psychiatry

Author: Editorial 14th February 2022 0 Comments

This article by psychiatrist Dr. Awais Aftab has been published in the Psychiatric Times. It begins: “I read the article “ It’s Time for Us to Stop Waffling About Psychiatry ”2 by Daniel Morehead, MD, with great interest, particularly since it makes frequent references to some of my work in Psychiatric…
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Awais Aftab, coercive psychiatry, Daniel Morehead, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, medical model, pharmaceutical industry, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, reductionism

Are critics of psychiatry stranded in a ‘Jurassic world?’

Author: Editorial 18th November 2021 0 Comments

This article by psychotherapist James Barnes has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “In a recent Psychiatric Times interview with Lucy Johnstone, 1 the interviewer took the very unusual step of seeking ‘clarification’ from two psychiatrists that she mentioned…
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biomarkers, biopsychosocial model, James Barnes, Lucy Johnstone, Mad in the UK, medical model, philosophy, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Robin Murray